| 1987 VFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1987 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 92,754 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Carlton | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Robinson, Sawers | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
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| National anthem | Daryl Somers | |||||||||||||||
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| Norm Smith Medallist | David Rhys-Jones | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Robert Walls | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC (Victoria only) and Broadcom (on sold rights to different TV stations in different states) | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | ABC: Tim Lane (host and commentator) Drew Morphett (commentator) Doug Heywood (commentator) Kevin Bartlett (expert commentator) Ian Robertson (boundary rider) Broadcom: Dennis Cometti (host and commentator) Peter McKenna (commentator) Bob Skilton (expert commentator) Barry Breen (boundary rider) | |||||||||||||||
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 | This article is missing information about Quarters 3 and 4 (they are blank as of writing). (December 2023) |
The 1987 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1987. It was the 91st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1987 VFL season. The match, attended by 92,754 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 33 points, marking that club's 15th premiership victory.